ظاعن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ظ ع ن (ẓ-ʕ-n)

Derived from the active participle from the verb ظَعَنَ (ẓaʕana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðˤaː.ʕin/

Adjective

ظَاعِن • (ẓāʕin) (feminine ظَاعِنَة (ẓāʕina), masculine plural ظَاعِنُونَ (ẓāʕinūna), feminine plural ظَاعِنَات (ẓāʕināt))

1. ephemeral, transient

Declension

Declension of adjective ظَاعِن (ẓāʕin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ظَاعِن ẓāʕin	الظَّاعِن aẓ-ẓāʕin	ظَاعِنَة ẓāʕina	الظَّاعِنَة aẓ-ẓāʕina
Nominative	ظَاعِنٌ ẓāʕinun	الظَّاعِنُ aẓ-ẓāʕinu	ظَاعِنَةٌ ẓāʕinatun	الظَّاعِنَةُ aẓ-ẓāʕinatu
Accusative	ظَاعِنًا ẓāʕinan	الظَّاعِنَ aẓ-ẓāʕina	ظَاعِنَةً ẓāʕinatan	الظَّاعِنَةَ aẓ-ẓāʕinata
Genitive	ظَاعِنٍ ẓāʕinin	الظَّاعِنِ aẓ-ẓāʕini	ظَاعِنَةٍ ẓāʕinatin	الظَّاعِنَةِ aẓ-ẓāʕinati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ظَاعِنَيْن ẓāʕinayn	الظَّاعِنَيْن aẓ-ẓāʕinayn	ظَاعِنَتَيْن ẓāʕinatayn	الظَّاعِنَتَيْن aẓ-ẓāʕinatayn
Nominative	ظَاعِنَانِ ẓāʕināni	الظَّاعِنَانِ aẓ-ẓāʕināni	ظَاعِنَتَانِ ẓāʕinatāni	الظَّاعِنَتَانِ aẓ-ẓāʕinatāni
Accusative	ظَاعِنَيْنِ ẓāʕinayni	الظَّاعِنَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʕinayni	ظَاعِنَتَيْنِ ẓāʕinatayni	الظَّاعِنَتَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʕinatayni
Genitive	ظَاعِنَيْنِ ẓāʕinayni	الظَّاعِنَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʕinayni	ظَاعِنَتَيْنِ ẓāʕinatayni	الظَّاعِنَتَيْنِ aẓ-ẓāʕinatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ظَاعِنِين ẓāʕinīn	الظَّاعِنِين aẓ-ẓāʕinīn	ظَاعِنَات ẓāʕināt	الظَّاعِنَات aẓ-ẓāʕināt
Nominative	ظَاعِنُونَ ẓāʕinūna	الظَّاعِنُونَ aẓ-ẓāʕinūna	ظَاعِنَاتٌ ẓāʕinātun	الظَّاعِنَاتُ aẓ-ẓāʕinātu
Accusative	ظَاعِنِينَ ẓāʕinīna	الظَّاعِنِينَ aẓ-ẓāʕinīna	ظَاعِنَاتٍ ẓāʕinātin	الظَّاعِنَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʕināti
Genitive	ظَاعِنِينَ ẓāʕinīna	الظَّاعِنِينَ aẓ-ẓāʕinīna	ظَاعِنَاتٍ ẓāʕinātin	الظَّاعِنَاتِ aẓ-ẓāʕināti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ظاعن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN